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Ph.D. Program in Bioengineering and Robotics
Department of Informatics, Bioengineering, Robotics, Systems Engineering (DIBRIS)
University of Genova
Students’ Handbook, Edition 2022
Revision 2.0 - December 2022
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PhD Program in Bioengineering and Robotics – 2022-2023
Introduction
The Ph.D. program in Bioengineering and Robotics is a doctoral program of the University of
Genova (UNIGE). In this document you find the relevant information about the educational,
training, and research activities offered.
Organization
The Doctorate in Bioengineering and Robotics (Doctorate in the following) is a 3 years Ph.D.
program where students get in-depth training in modern engineering methodologies and
technologies and, depending on the specific curriculum, in robotics, biomedical technologies, as
well as in applied life and cognitive sciences, Education activities are offered through specific
courses, national and international (summer) schools, seminars and/or additional activities proposed
by the tutors.
At the beginning of the Ph.D. program, each student selects a specific research area and is expected:
to develop a personal research agenda, under the supervision of a tutor, and under her/his
supervision to acquire the analytical and/or experimental abilities required to complete the Ph.D.
research project.
Curricula
The Doctorate is organized into 5 curricula and for each curriculum, there are designated Reference
Faculties that coordinate the training and research activities in agreement and collaboration with the
Coordinator of the Ph.D. program and the Ph.D. Board (Collegio dei Docenti). The curricula are
listed in the following along with the Reference Faculties:
Curriculum Reference Faculties E-mail
Bioengineering Prof. Paolo Massobrio paolo.massobrio@unige.it
Robotics and Autonomous Systems Prof. Giorgio Cannata giorgio.cannata@unige.it
Advanced and Humanoid Robotics Dr. Ferdinando Cannella ferdinando.cannella@iit.it
Dr. Lorenzo Natale lorenzo.natale@iit.it
Bionanotechnology Dr. Giuseppe Vicedomini giuseppe.vicedomini@unige.it
Cognitive Robotics, Interaction and alessandra.sciutti@iit.it
Dr Alessandra Sciutti
Rehabilitation Technologies
2Tutors
At the beginning of the program, the Ph.D. Board appoints for each student one or two Tutor/s 1,
who is/are responsible for her/his scientific, technical as well as intellectual training.
At least one of the Tutors must be a University Professor, a University Researcher, or a highly
qualified Scientist at IIT (at the level of Team Leader or higher).
Tutors make sure that Ph.D. students become active members of their research group.
Tutors support the publication of the scientific results of the students on international scientific
journals or relevant conference proceedings, as well as their active participation in scientific
conferences and schools.
Tutors are responsible for making available to their students all the resources needed to carry on
their research projects. The availability of sufficient resources is checked by the Ph.D. Board and is
a necessary condition to be appointed as Tutor.
Credit system
During the 3 years of Ph.D. students are required to obtain at least 180 credits (CF) - one CF
corresponds nominally to about 25 hours of work. Credits are assigned as follows:
- Structured Training activities (40 CF)
- Research activities (120 CF, i.e. 40 CF per year)
- Thesis writing (20 CF)
Structured Training activities
Structured training activities include attending Ph.D. courses, national and/or international Ph.D.
schools, and at least 30 Credits (CFs) have to be obtained during the first two years 2.
In general, “structured training activities” belong to the following typologies and Ph.D. Board will
acknowledge an amount of CFs as shown below.
(i) Ph.D. courses, specifically offered by the Ph.D. Program in Bioengineering and
Robotics 3,4.
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In the case of two Tutors one has to be indicated as Reference Tutor who will become a member of the Ph.D. Board.
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It is highly recommended, that these CFs are allocated over the three years in decreasing weight, e.g. 25-30/5-10/0-5
to have more time during the 3rd year to formalize and disseminate the research results.
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A list of offered courses is available on the PhD website: https://www.dibris.unige.it/dottorato.
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a. A final exam must be positively passed
b. The number of credits assigned to each course is specified in the list of courses
published each year.
(ii) Courses that are part of one of the Graduate programs (Corso di Laurea Magistrale)
offered at the University of Genova 5 in agreement with the Tutor and with the approval of
the Ph.D. Board.
a. A final exam must be positively passed
b. CFs are the credits reported for the course on the official University website
(iii) Ph.D. Schools. International Ph.D. Schools approved in advance by the Ph.D. Board upon
a formal request to the Coordinator made by the Tutor 6 including the detailed program of
the School and its duration.
a. A certificate of attendance of the school must be presented for the CFs to be
assigned.
b. 3 CF/week are assigned (for a maximum of 9 CFs for each school).
(iv) Online Courses. The attendance and CFs assignment for on-line courses must be requested
by the Tutor to the Coordinator and approved in advance by the Ph.D. Board.
a. An official certificate of attendance (issued by the legal entity providing the course)
must be presented for the CFs to be assigned.
b. CFs will be acknowledged by the Ph.D. Board on the basis of:
i. course topic (basic/advanced);
ii. reputation of course provider;
iii. expected workload.
c. A maximum of 10 CFs can be acknowledged over the three years
Remark. Participation in conferences, seminars, workshops etc. does not grant CFs.
Remark. The list of the courses offered may vary over the years. In addition, other Ph.D. programs
might offer courses in a wide range of science and engineering disciplines and they can be proposed
by the student in agreement with her/his Tutor(s) and evaluated by the Ph.D. Board.
Remark Students with a non-engineering background, or whose research project requires the
knowledge of topics that they never addressed before during their previous career are recommended
to take some of the courses offered by the Graduate programs in engineering, science, and/or
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Or offered by other Ph.D. programs of the University of Genova (e.g. Ph.D. in Computer Sciences and Systems
Engineering).
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For instance, the Graduate Programs in Bioengineering or in Robotics Engineering, or Computer Engineering, etc.
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The Tutor of the student must send a letter
4mathematics (mainly, but not exclusively, the programs of Bioengineering, Computer Science and
Engineering, Robotics and Physics).
Training to Scientific Research and Evaluation Procedure
At the beginning of the Ph.D. program, Ph.D. students formulate a research plan of activities under
the supervision of her/his tutor(s). Research is expected to be carried out in the labs which are made
available by the Departments participating in the Ph.D. Program.
At the end of each academic year, Ph.D. students must submit to the Reference Faculties of their
curriculum:
1) a detailed report of their research activities, including the list of publications
2) a work-plan for the following year.
Students are also required to present their results in an oral presentation to a specific commission7
for each one of the five curricula.
The Year 1 report will consist of the formulation of a thesis project identifying:
1) an assessed research work-plan;
2) the themes addressed and their relevance for bioengineering and robotics;
3) the preliminary findings (if any).
At the end of Years 2 and 3, the students are expected to exhibit substantial progress in their thesis
project. The report will focus on the state of advancement of the thesis work and on the results
obtained.
Each year after the presentations students will receive appropriate feedback/advice, and the
commission will formulate a written evaluation. Based on this and on recommendations of the
tutor(s) the Ph.D. Board will approve the admission (pass/fail) to the following year, including
recommendations to the students.
Final examination and thesis defense
At the end of Year 3, based on the evaluation of the commission and the recommendation of the
tutor(s), the Ph.D. Board decides on admission (pass/fail) to the final examination.
The requirements for admission to the final examination are summarized as follows:
(i) Fulfilment of the training requirements (40 CFs);
(ii) Positive evaluation from their tutor(s);
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The Coordinator and the Reference Faculties for the curriculum, will appoint an evaluation commission (at least two
reviewers within the Ph.D. Board or qualified Faculties excluding the tutor(s))
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(iii) Positive evaluation from the evaluation commission;
(iv) Ph.D. board approval of Year 3 report;
(v) Being author or co-author (first name) of at least one scientific paper in a peer-reviewed
international journal (published or accepted for publication) or in a well-recognized
international conference with peer review of full papers.
The Ph.D. candidates admitted to the final examination must submit a written dissertation (in
English). In agreement with the university rules for doctoral programs 8, the Ph.D. Board will
appoint, for each candidate, at least two external reviewers with relevant expertise at international
level in the field of the Ph.D. dissertation. The reviewers will assess the quality and the scientific
relevance of the thesis work and within 30 days will provide a written evaluation report. The
evaluation may propose to either admit candidates to the final exam or (in case of major requests for
modifications) to postpone the exam for up to 6 months, during which candidates will be required to
revise their work. The reviewers will provide an updated written evaluation that accounts for the
revisions. After 6 months the thesis is admitted in any case to public defense.
The final exam consists of a public thesis defense, in front of a commission composed of three
University Professors (including university Professors of foreign institutions and with at least one
member of the Ph.D. Board) and up to two external experts (possibly among the reviewers that
revised the thesis works) in a field related to the specific curriculum. The Ph.D. Board may appoint
different commissions for each candidate or group of candidates with similar research themes.
Research Allowance
Ph.D. students have a personal fund of 1.650,00 €/year that can be used for the mobility (attendance
at conferences, workshops, Ph.D. Schools, short visits at other universities or laboratories); for
different types of purchase (e.g., laptops within the first 18 months of the course; consumables
limited to the needs of the student and his/her research, adequately motivated by the student in
agreement with the tutor; books and magazine; publication on open-access journals)
In order to use this funds, Ph.D. students must follow the procedure described in Appendix.
Activities of Tutoring
Ph.D. students, as an integral part of the training project, may carry out activities of tutoring for
bachelor/master students and, for a maximum forty hours each academic year, the activities of
teaching assistance.
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6The previous activities must be previously authorized by the Ph.D. Board and they will not entail
any increase in the scholarship.
International dimension
The Ph.D. Committee encourages Ph.D. students to carry out periods of research activity in foreign
institutions as an integral part of their Ph.D. training. During the period carried out abroad, the
scholarship is increased of 50% with respect to its nominal value.
The authorization to spend periods of research activity in foreign institutions must be requested to
the Coordinator and approved by the Ph.D. board. The procedure is as follows:
1. The hosting institute must write a formal invitation letter for the student, clearly indicating
the period of the visit (starting and ending dates)
2. The Tutor must write a letter of authorization to visit the hosting institute indicating the
period of the visit (starting and ending dates – which must correspond to those reported in
the invitation letter). The Tutor can also request the increment up to the 50% of the
scholarship for the visiting period.
3. The letters must be sent to the Coordinator (ph.d.biorob@dibris.unige.it)
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Ph.D. Structure
COORDINATOR
Prof. Paolo Massobrio Università di Genova
paolo.massobrio@unige.it
CURRICULA AND REFERENCE FACULTIES
BIOENGINEERING
Prof. Paolo Massobrio Università di Genova paolo.massobrio@unige.it
ROBOTICS AND AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS
Prof. Giorgio Cannata Università di Genova Giorgio.cannata@unige.it
ADVANCED AND HUMANOID ROBOTICS
Dr. Ferdinando Cannella lorenzo.natale@iit.it
Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia
Dr. Lorenzo Natale ferdinando.cannella@iit.it
BIONANOTECHNOLOGY
Dr. Giuseppe Vicedomini Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia giuseppe.vicedomini@iit.it
COGNITIVE ROBOTICS, INTERACTION AND REHABILITATION TECHNOLOGIES
Dr. Alessandra Sciutti Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia alessandra.sciutti@unige.it
8ADMINISTRATIVE CONTACTS
Ph.D. Secretariat
Valentina Scanarotti
phd.biorob@dibris.unige.it
BIOENGINEERING
SCANAROTTI Valentina DIBRIS phd.biorob@dibris.unige.it 010 33 56682
ROBOTICS AND AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS
SCANAROTTI Valentina DIBRIS phd.biorob@dibris.unige.it 010 33 56682
ADVANCED AND HUMANOID ROBOTICS
BETRO Lucia IIT-iCub lucia.betro@iit.it 010 2897 322
CARACALLI Marta IIT-iCub marta.caracalli@iit.it 010 2898 250
IIT- Advanced Robotics
IVALDI Silvia silvia.ivaldi@iit.it 010 2898 265
Departmen
IIT- Advanced Robotics
SARDI Floriana floriana.sardi@iit.it 010 2898 259
Departmen
BIONANOTECHNOLOGY
IIT – Molecular Microscopy
and Spectroscopy
SALVATORI Manuela Nanobiointeractions & manuela.Salvatori@iit.it 010 2897 609
Nanodiagnostics
Nanoscopy & NIC@IIT
Smart Materials
TUMINO Silvia silvia.tumino@iit.it 010 2896 876
Polymers and Biomaterials
COGNITIVE ROBOTICS, INTERACTION AND REHABILITATION TECHNOLOGIES
BRUZZONE Anastasia IIT - RBCS Anastasia.Bruzzone@iit.it 010 2897 207
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Ph.D. Board 2022-2023
38th Cycle
Membri del collegio (Personale Docente e Ricercatori delle Università Italiane)
n. Cognome Nome e-mail Ateneo Ateneo/Ente di appartenenza
1. ARNULFO Gabriele gabriele.arnulfo@unige.it GENOVA Informatica, bioingegneria,robotica e ingegneria dei sistemi (DIBRIS)
2. CANESSA Andrea andrea.canessa@unige.it GENOVA Informatica, bioingegneria,robotica e ingegneria dei sistemi (DIBRIS)
3. CANNATA Giorgio giorgio.cannata@unige.it GENOVA Informatica, bioingegneria,robotica e ingegneria dei sistemi (DIBRIS)
4. CASADIO Maura maura.casadio@unige.it GENOVA Informatica, bioingegneria,robotica e ingegneria dei sistemi (DIBRIS)
5. CHIAPPALONE Michela michela.chiappalone@unige.it GENOVA Informatica, bioingegneria,robotica e ingegneria dei sistemi (DIBRIS)
6. FATO Marco Massimo Marco.fato@unige.it GENOVA Informatica, bioingegneria,robotica e ingegneria dei sistemi (DIBRIS)
7. GIACOMINI Mauro mauro.giacomini@unge.it GENOVA Informatica, bioingegneria,robotica e ingegneria dei sistemi (DIBRIS)
8. MARTINOIA Sergio sergio.martinoia@unige.it GENOVA Informatica, bioingegneria,robotica e ingegneria dei sistemi (DIBRIS)
9. MASSOBRIO Paolo paolo.massobrio@unige.it GENOVA Informatica, bioingegneria,robotica e ingegneria dei sistemi (DIBRIS)
10. MASTROGIOVANNI Fulvio fulvio.mastrogiovanni@unige.it GENOVA Informatica, bioingegneria,robotica e ingegneria dei sistemi (DIBRIS)
11. MESIN Luca luca.mesin@polito.it Politecnico di TORINO ELETTRONICA E TELECOMUNICAZIONI
12. PANI Danilo danilo.pani@unica.it CAGLIARI Ingegneria Elettrica ed Elettronica
13. PASTORINO Laura laura.pastorino@unige.it GENOVA Informatica, bioingegneria,robotica e ingegneria dei sistemi (DIBRIS)
14. RAITERI Roberto roberto.raiteri@unige.it GENOVA Informatica, bioingegneria, robotica e ingegneria dei sistemi (DIBRIS)
15. SABATINI Silvio Paolo silvio.sabatini@unige.it GENOVA Informatica, bioingegneria,robotica e ingegneria dei sistemi (DIBRIS)
16. SANGUINETI Vittorio vittorio.sanguineti@unige.it GENOVA Informatica, bioingegneria,robotica e ingegneria dei sistemi (DIBRIS)
17. SGORBISSA Antonio antonio.sgorbissa@unige.it GENOVA Informatica, bioingegneria,robotica e ingegneria dei sistemi (DIBRIS)
18. SIMETTI Enrico enrico.simetti@unige.it GENOVA Informatica, bioingegneria ,robotica e ingegneria dei sistemi (DIBRIS)
19. SOLARI Fabio fabio.solari@unige.it GENOVA Informatica, bioingegneria,robotica e ingegneria dei sistemi (DIBRIS)
10Membri del collegio (Personale non accademico dipendente di altri Enti e Personale docente di Università Straniere)
n. Cognome Nome e-mail Ruolo Ateneo/Ente di appartenenza
1. ATHANASSIOU Athanasia Athanassia.Athanassiou@iit.it Altro Componente Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia - IIT
2. CANNELLA Ferdinando ferdinando.cannella@iit.it Altro Componente Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia - IIT
3. DANTE Silvia silvia.dante@iit.it Altro Componente Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia - IIT
4. GORI Monica monica.gori@iit.it Altro Componente Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia - IIT
5. METTA Giorgio giorgio.metta@iit.it Altro Componente Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia - IIT
6. MUSSA-IVALDI Ferdinando sandro.miv@gmail.com Altro Componente NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
7. NATALE Lorenzo lorenzo.natale@iit.it Altro Componente Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia - IIT
8. PUCCI Daniele daniele.Pucci@iit.it Altro Componente Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia - IIT
9. REA Francesco francesco.rea@iit.it Altro Componente Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia - IIT
10. SCAGLIONE Silvia silvia.scaglione@mail.ge.cnr.it Altro Componente Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
11. SCIUTTI Alessandra alessandra.sciutti@iit.it Altro Componente Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia - IIT
12. VICIDOMINI Giuseppe Giuseppe.vicidomini@iit.it Altro Componente Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia - IIT
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Appendix: Travels
U_WEB Missioni
Authorization Mission Instructions:
Before travelling (no less than 2 weeks before planned travel time)
• Go to https://unige.u-web.cineca.it/appautmis and log in using your UNIGE credentials 9
• Please check the following link for the correct procedure to insert the mission request
https://unige.u-web.cineca.it/appautmis/resources/Manual_U_WEB_AUTMIS_Request_en.pdf
Once you have logged in, click on the “new mission” tab and fill in the form as show below:
The Department Administration will activate the procedures to authorize your travel/mission. We
warmly recommend Ph.D. students to read carefully the University rules for travels and
reimbursements reported ad this link:
https://unige.it/sites/contenuti.unige.it/files/documents/Regolamento_mobilita_missioni.pdf
Ph.D. students can travel using only the following means of transportation:
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In case of technical problem, send an e-mail to roberta.usari@unige.it
121. Train, plane, suburban bus (e.g. FlixBus), and all public urban transportations.
2. Taxi: only for transfers from and to airports-/train stations/hotel/conference or meeting
venue).
If you leave from an airports other than Genova you have to show that this option is cheaper. When
you book the flight, you must print from web the flight offers from Genoa airport and your selected
airport. The printout must be attached to the documentation at the time of the refund request.
You are authorized to leave from Genova one day before the beginning of the event to attend and to
come back one day after the end (two days before/after if the destination is out of Europe for
technical reasons, for example time zone, flights stop…). If you leave more days before and come
back more days after, you have to demonstrate that this option is not more expensive than a travel in
the right days
The Department can directly pay the registration to conference/workshop or Winter/summer
schools when the bank transfer is available as method of payment. It is exceptionally possible to ask
an advance payment of the possible expenditures for the mission when the quote is equal or higher
than € 250,00. For missions an anticipation of the 75% of the all expenses is possible (follow the
instructions in the Manual).
The Ph.D. student has to pay in advance all of the expenses and collect all the original receipts
(train/flight tickets, meals, public transportation, certificate of attendance) therefore when you will
come back you have to deliver the original receipts to the Department Administration, sending an
email to Roberta Usari (roberta.usari@unige.it) to set up an appointment.
In case your travel is reimbursed by other institution, since you are UNIGE Ph.D. students you have
to be authorized by UNIGE. The procedure is the same as above. When you came back you have to
close the procedure with the option “mission done without expenditures”.
IIT Phd Students Authorization Mission Instructions
Note: for the IIT students the 10% budget will be reimbursed by IIT directly.
For insurance reasons, you have still to ask for the authorization of the Coordinator Prof. Massobrio
following the procedure indicated above and selecting in the first screenshot “mission without
expenses”:
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.
Then the mission have to be closed choosing between “mission done no refund or mission not
done”(“missione effettuata, no rimborso/missione non effettuata”).
The 10% budget will be managed by ITT directly also for the payment of the registration fees for
conference, summer/winter school…
CONTACT PERSONS Roberta Usari (roberta.usari@unige.it )
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